[Pneumopathy caused by minocycline].
BACKGROUND
Minocycline has been identified as a pathogenic agent in drug-induced pneumonia. We report a new case.


METHODS
A 38-year-old female asthmatic patient was given minocycline (100 mg/j) for facial acne. She was allergic to penicillin. Other treatments were theophylline, salbutamol and inhaled budesonide. Severe bilateral hypoxemia pneumonia developed with high eosinophil blood counts within a few days of treatment onset. The lung disease regressed with minocycline withdrawal.


CONCLUSIONS
This case is exceptional because the minocycline-induced lung disease continued to progress despite high-dose corticosteroids in this asthmatic patient.
Levy
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A
Hôpital Beaujon, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation, Paris.
Mal
H
H
Roué
C
C
Crestani
B
B
Fournier
M
M
Pariente
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008911:Minocycline / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008911:Minocycline
Pneumopathie à la minocycline.